Ordinary Working Folks
The Republican Party is taking the position that they want to protect Wall Street but not the unemployed? Consequently, Democrats might do much better in the fall than expected, because of three big Republican mistakes.
Many Republicans spoke out against Obama’s agreement with BP, which looked like they were protecting big oil.
Congressional Republicans voted almost unanimously against financial reform, which looked like they were protecting big Wall Street companies.
They came out almost uniformly against extending unemployment benefits, which looked like they were insensitive to ordinary working people.
Congressional Democrats and Obama have to get an effective jobs bill in front of the Senate and the House. If congressional Republicans refuse to vote for the jobs bill, they’ll be facing many angry voters in November. Recent polls indicate that by 70% to 28% margin, Americans care more about jobs in the economy than they care of the deficit.
Because of the recession, a lot of people have been driven into Medicaid programs. This year in Pennsylvania, they’ll be adding 61,000 people to Medicare. In recognition of the rise in Medicare patients, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus plan) adjusted the formula to give states additional Medicaid money. However, that will end later this year.
Governors have asked Obama and members of Congress to extend the adjusted Medicare formula for another six months to give the states some breathing space, because taxes in states are down due to the recession, that was brought on by Wall Street. Pennsylvania, should get an additional $850 million for Medicare, but if they have to make $850 million in cuts, on top of $3 billion worth of cuts that they’ve already made, it could result in laying off between 10,000 and 20,000 people. That would be a disaster, especially since Pennsylvania has created over 60,000 private sector jobs in the last four months.
Will Republican members of the House continue to vote against ordinary working folks?
Many Republicans spoke out against Obama’s agreement with BP, which looked like they were protecting big oil.
Congressional Republicans voted almost unanimously against financial reform, which looked like they were protecting big Wall Street companies.
They came out almost uniformly against extending unemployment benefits, which looked like they were insensitive to ordinary working people.
Congressional Democrats and Obama have to get an effective jobs bill in front of the Senate and the House. If congressional Republicans refuse to vote for the jobs bill, they’ll be facing many angry voters in November. Recent polls indicate that by 70% to 28% margin, Americans care more about jobs in the economy than they care of the deficit.
Because of the recession, a lot of people have been driven into Medicaid programs. This year in Pennsylvania, they’ll be adding 61,000 people to Medicare. In recognition of the rise in Medicare patients, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus plan) adjusted the formula to give states additional Medicaid money. However, that will end later this year.
Governors have asked Obama and members of Congress to extend the adjusted Medicare formula for another six months to give the states some breathing space, because taxes in states are down due to the recession, that was brought on by Wall Street. Pennsylvania, should get an additional $850 million for Medicare, but if they have to make $850 million in cuts, on top of $3 billion worth of cuts that they’ve already made, it could result in laying off between 10,000 and 20,000 people. That would be a disaster, especially since Pennsylvania has created over 60,000 private sector jobs in the last four months.
Will Republican members of the House continue to vote against ordinary working folks?
posted by Jim O'Leary | 9:53 AM
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